XP & motherboard Problem

[Andy]

Well, I bought a new Motherboard and Case. I was
planning on switching everything from my old case into
the new case besides the motherboard. Problem is that
when I booted the computer up, it didn't boot windows and
kept rebooting.

I e-mailed the Motherboard manufacture(asus) about the
problem and they said that it is something called
Carryover OS. And the solution is to reformat c: and do
a fresh install. I'm not to crazy about formatting my
harddrive and I don't want to have to buy XP.

I want to know if there is a solution to this without
having to reformat or buy a new copy of XP.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Well, I bought a new Motherboard and Case. I was
| planning on switching everything from my old case into
| the new case besides the motherboard. Problem is that
| when I booted the computer up, it didn't boot windows and
| kept rebooting.
|
| I e-mailed the Motherboard manufacture(asus) about the
| problem and they said that it is something called
| Carryover OS. And the solution is to reformat c: and do
| a fresh install. I'm not to crazy about formatting my
| harddrive and I don't want to have to buy XP.
|
| I want to know if there is a solution to this without
| having to reformat or buy a new copy of XP.

 

[Testy]

Just do a repair install.

Testy

Well, I bought a new Motherboard and Case. I was
planning on switching everything from my old case into
the new case besides the motherboard. Problem is that
when I booted the computer up, it didn't boot windows and
kept rebooting.

I e-mailed the Motherboard manufacture(asus) about the
problem and they said that it is something called
Carryover OS. And the solution is to reformat c: and do
a fresh install. I'm not to crazy about formatting my
harddrive and I don't want to have to buy XP.

I want to know if there is a solution to this without
having to reformat or buy a new copy of XP.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Well, I bought a new Motherboard and Case. I was
planning on switching everything from my old case into
the new case besides the motherboard. Problem is that
when I booted the computer up, it didn't boot windows and
kept rebooting.

I e-mailed the Motherboard manufacture(asus) about the
problem and they said that it is something called
Carryover OS. And the solution is to reformat c: and do
a fresh install. I'm not to crazy about formatting my
harddrive and I don't want to have to buy XP.

I want to know if there is a solution to this without
having to reformat or buy a new copy of XP.
.

 

[Jim Macklin]

Do a repair install of XP per the instructions
at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341


|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Well, I bought a new Motherboard and Case. I was
| >planning on switching everything from my old case into
| >the new case besides the motherboard. Problem is that
| >when I booted the computer up, it didn't boot windows
| and
| >kept rebooting.
| >
| >I e-mailed the Motherboard manufacture(asus) about the
| >problem and they said that it is something called
| >Carryover OS. And the solution is to reformat c: and do
| >a fresh install. I'm not to crazy about formatting my
| >harddrive and I don't want to have to buy XP.
| >
| >I want to know if there is a solution to this without
| >having to reformat or buy a new copy of XP.
| >.
| >

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM licenses are not
transferable to a new motherboard), unless your motherboard is
virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS
version, etc.) to the one on which the other WinXP installation was
originally performed, you'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place
upgrade) installation, at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will probably also require re-activation. If it's been more
than 120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key,
you'll most likely be able to activate via the internet without
problem. If it's been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone
call.


Bruce Chambers
--
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

 

[DL]

I think hes saying he doesnt have an xp disk

Greetings --

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM licenses are not
transferable to a new motherboard), unless your motherboard is
virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS
version, etc.) to the one on which the other WinXP installation was
originally performed, you'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place
upgrade) installation, at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will probably also require re-activation. If it's been more
than 120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key,
you'll most likely be able to activate via the internet without
problem. If it's been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone
call.


Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

 

[Jim Macklin]

Then by golly he should say so!


| I think hes saying he doesnt have an xp disk
|
message
| | > Greetings --
| >
| > Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM
licenses are not
| > transferable to a new motherboard), unless your
motherboard is
| > virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers,
same BIOS
| > version, etc.) to the one on which the other WinXP
installation was
| > originally performed, you'll need to perform a repair
(a.k.a. in-place
| > upgrade) installation, at the very least:
| >
| > How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
| >
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
| >
| > As always when undertaking such a significant
change, back up any
| > important data before starting.
| >
| > This will probably also require re-activation. If
it's been more
| > than 120 days since you last activated that specific
Product Key,
| > you'll most likely be able to activate via the internet
without
| > problem. If it's been less, you might have to make a 5
minute phone
| > call.
| >
| >
| > Bruce Chambers
| > --
| > Help us help you:
| >
| >
| >
| > You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't
ever count on
| > having both at once. -- RAH
| >
| > | > > Well, I bought a new Motherboard and Case. I was
| > > planning on switching everything from my old case into
| > > the new case besides the motherboard. Problem is that
| > > when I booted the computer up, it didn't boot windows
and
| > > kept rebooting.
| > >
| > > I e-mailed the Motherboard manufacture(asus) about the
| > > problem and they said that it is something called
| > > Carryover OS. And the solution is to reformat c: and
do
| > > a fresh install. I'm not to crazy about formatting my
| > > harddrive and I don't want to have to buy XP.
| > >
| > > I want to know if there is a solution to this without
| > > having to reformat or buy a new copy of XP.
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Alex Nichol]

Well, I bought a new Motherboard and Case. I was
planning on switching everything from my old case into
the new case besides the motherboard. Problem is that
when I booted the computer up, it didn't boot windows and
kept rebooting.

On doing this you should start with a repair reinstall of XP to ensure
it is matched to the new board. Enter the BIOS setup to set date and
time; set to boot CD before HD. Boot the XP CD, start Setup (do not
take 'Repair' at this stage), then after the license agreement take
'Repair Installation'. This will retain your existing software
installations and most settings. But Updates will have to be run again,
especially SP1;

It is important to activate the basic XP Firewall before you ever
connect to the net to get the patches, so as to be protected against
things like the BLAST worm.

This should retain your activation status, though if you have never
registered you may have the setup suggest it now (don't bother). But
you may nevertheless find you have made so many changes that you need to
activate again by phoning in,

Always back up essential data before doing any major system operation
like this, if you are still in a position to do so